Former GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman won’t rule out a possible run in 2016, but let’s just say he doesn’t exactly sound excited about the prospect.

“I don’t wake up in the morning saying ‘I’ve got to go for 2016,’” Mr. Huntsman said in a WSJ interview. “I have no organization. I have no sight set on it at all. If something comes along beyond that, maybe we’ll keep an open mind.”

With the core of the Republican Party looking increasingly blue-collar and centered around the South and Midwest, it’s clear the former Utah governor would face many of the same uphill battles he did in 2012. He’s the son of a billionaire, served as ambassador to China in the Obama administration and speaks Mandarin Chinese – not exactly the kind of folksy appeal that wins over voters in early GOP contests in Iowa and South Carolina.

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